tea
Peppermint or spicebush tea
Queasy, gassy, or a tension head. Mint from the bucket, or spicebush twigs from the hollow.
15 minutes · 1 mug
- Mint: 1 Tbsp fresh or 1 tsp dry, just-off-boil, covered 10 minutes.
- Spicebush: a handful of snapped twigs in a small pot, simmer 15 minutes. Leaf is a lighter 10-minute steep.
- Sip warm. A cloth wrung in the leftover mint tea on the forehead for a tight head.
- Dose
- 1–3 cups a day.
- Store
- Dry mint in jars. Twigs can be cut as you go.
Skip strong mint if it gives you heartburn.